David Grace (snooker player)

David Grace is an English professional snooker player and painter. He became a professional in 2008 after winning the 2008 European Snooker Championships. In 2009, Grace took part in the men’s singlesSnooker competition at the World Games in Kaohsiung, finishing as the runner-up. Grace is currently ranked No. 88 in the world.

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Summary David Grace (snooker player)David Grace is an English professional snooker player and painter. He became a professional in 2008 after winning the 2008 European Snooker Championships. In 2009, Grace took part in the men’s singlesSnooker competition at the World Games in Kaohsiung, finishing as the runner-up. He entered the 2015 UK Championship as the world number 81, but progressed through to his first ranking event semi-final which he lost 6–4 to Liang Wenbo. Grace fell off the tour in 2018, but regained his place in 2019 after finishing in the top two on the Challenge Tour 20182019 ranking list. This earned him a two-year card for the 20192020 and 20202021 seasons. Grace is currently ranked No. 88 in the world. He has won the English Amateur Championship in 2005 and 2008, and the English Open in 2007.

He also won the European Open in 2008, where he beat Craig Steadman in the final. Grace won the British Open in 2010, and won the World Open in 2011. He won the Welsh Open in 2012 and the European Championship in 2013. He was ranked world number 77 at the end of the 2012/13 season. He reached the final round of qualifying for the 2012 Shanghai Masters after seeing off Michael Leslie, Li Yan and Xiao Guodong, but was edged out 4–5 by former world champion Peter Ebdon just one match away from reaching the main stage of a ranking event for the first time. In the qualifying rounds for the 2015 Shanghai Masters, Grace beat Joe O’Connor 5–3, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–2 and Cao Yupeng 5–4, and defeated him 5-3.